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Tailoring, embroidery, carpet weaving, jewellery making and cooking are valuable skills that can generate income from home. This course covers product quality and standards, pricing, packaging, photography, local and online sales, and order management.
Course page on the learning platform
Course details
| Level | Beginner |
| Estimated duration | 10 hours of study and practice |
| Prerequisite | None |
| Language of instruction | Farsi-e-Dari (with key terms in English) |
| Fee | Free |
| Assessment | A quiz after each section and a final exam; pass mark 70%; certificate issued after Academy approval |
After this course you will be able to
- Produce your product to a consistent quality and standard
- Calculate the full cost and a fair price
- Design professional packaging and labels
- Take good photos of your product and sell it locally or online
- Manage orders and raw materials in an organised way
Course outline
- Choosing a product
- Quality and standards
- The product’s story
- Cost of materials and time
- Pricing
- Recording sales
- Packaging and labelling
- Product photos with a phone
- Catalogue
- Local markets
- Selling online
- Working with shops
- Orders and delivery
- Raw materials
- Steady growth
Week-by-week learning path
With about 30 to 45 minutes of study and practice a day, you will complete this course in 6 weeks:
| Week | Topic | Weekly output |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | The product | Lessons, practical exercise and short section quiz |
| Week 2 | The numbers | Lessons, practical exercise and short section quiz |
| Week 3 | Presentation | Lessons, practical exercise and short section quiz |
| Week 4 | Selling | Lessons, practical exercise and short section quiz |
| Week 5 | Management | Lessons, practical exercise and short section quiz |
| Week 6 | Final project and final exam | Completed project and a score of 70% or higher |
Final project
“Product file”: one handmade product with a written quality standard, cost and price calculation, a packaging and label design, five professional photos and a one-month sales plan.
Project assessment criteria:
- Product quality and consistency
- Accuracy of calculations
- Professional presentation
- Realism of the sales plan
Key terms
Handicrafts
Quality standard
Unit cost
Packaging
Label
Catalog
Order
Raw materials
Assessment and certificate
- After each section: a short quiz (70% recommended before moving on)
- Practical exercises in each lesson: for learning; send your questions via Questions
- End of course: final exam (pass mark 70%) and submission of the final project
- Digital certificate after review and approval by the Academy: Request a certificate
Teaching method
Each lesson includes learning objectives, explanations with real examples and images, key terms in Dari and English, common mistakes, a practical exercise, a self-test and a summary. In every lesson you can put questions to the instructor using the Questions button. The courses are impartial, free and open to all young people.
Get ready now
- Choose the product you make best
- Write down the exact cost of materials for one product
- Photograph your product with your phone in daylight
Free, reliable resources
These resources were selected by the Academy team. Most of them are in English; you can also use the Translate option in Chrome to read them in other languages. Large files (books, exercise files, videos) will be placed in the Academy’s official Google Drive folder when the course goes live and linked from this page.
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Help and questions
Questions about this course: [email protected] · All courses: Online Learning Centre · Active course: Computer & Internet Basics
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